Playwriting and Screenwriting

The Special Victims That Ruined Golf For Us

Written by:  Courtney Honors

Logline: For years, two detectives have struggled with a strain of unresolved femicides, resulting in profound impacts on women’s daily lives. Things change drastically when a man is murdered on a cherished “Men’s Only” Golf Course.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime.

Page Count: 11

Virginity Rocks

Written by: Deniz Tozoglu

Logline: College student Rena has never had it easy in the love department. To make matters worse, her crazy smart scientist mother builds a time machine, one which Rena gets sucked into. With a click of a button, she can travel through time, but some unknown force keeps bringing her back to scenes from her past relationships.

Genre: Maturation / Comedy

Page Count: 10

Contact: deetzfilm@gmail.com

By: Sephora Lebete

Logline: After being told someone must die, seven survivors must choose to sacrifice one person amongst their group. 

Genre: Dark Comedy

Page Count: 30

Contact: sephjobmukongo@outlook.com / (347)-241-3626

Written by: Joann Maxwell

Logline: How far can you really move on if you don’t stop to process what happened to you first? A play of reflection and all the stages that come with that when you relive something traumatic, this is an excerpt on that…on that pain, on that fight. Keep going. 

Genre: Melancholy, reflective, drama, poetic

Page count: 17 

Contact: jojoleerose@gmail.com

Written by: Claire Giegerich 

Logline: When a college student studying abroad receives a Zoom Call from his best friend, her big news might just tear their friendship apart. 

Genre: Comedy

Page Count: 25

Contact: claire.giegerich@purchase.edu

Written by: Lenore Mardas

Logline: 7 sisters wait for their father to come home. 

Genre: Surreal, Thriller

Page Count: 18

Contact: lenmardas@gmail.com

Sew Pretty

Written by: Zoey Hawkins

Logline: A young girl struggling with insecurities is sent a DIY plastic surgery kit in the mail. She attempts to throw away the kit, but it keeps finding its way back to her.  

Script Genre: Horror/Thriller

Page Count: 10 

Contact: ZOEY.HAWKINS@purchase.edu 

Chocolate Milk

Written by: Triston Swindell

Logline: Black child genius and orphan, Barry Last-name-pending, aims to be taken in
by a white family to reap the highest benefits of life.

Genre: Comedy

Page Count: 10

Contact: tristonswindell@gmail.com

Colorado

Written by: Thomas Romano

Logline : When hardheaded NY railroad tycoon, Stanley O. Miller, is diagnosed with TB he and his wife move out to Colorado for its therapeutic mountain air. As the city
dwellers discover the beauty of country living, they also find that there may be some
darker truths hidden in those mountains.

Genre: Historical Drama

Page Count: 10

Contact : thomas.romano@purchase.edu

Colleagues

Written by: Remi Bryan

Logline: “Carol and Joan are librarians in 1950s America; Carol falls for Joan and
must navigate her complex feelings while avoiding her homophobic
surroundings.”

Script Genre: Romance

Page Count: 10

Contact: REMI.BRYAN@purchase.edu

Shrooms

Written by: Maxime Birebent

Logline: Jennifer, a bored stay-at-home mother, finds her calling when forced to provide for her broken family by illegally growing and selling shrooms, after her husband’s midlife crisis causes him to quit his high paying job and start an affair with a younger woman. However, the overwhelming presence of her mother, Barbara, makes her new position a little harder to manage than expected.

Genre: Comedy

Page Count: 10

Contact: Maxime.birebent@purchase.edu

The Lost Hearts of Letchworth Village

Written by: Jovanni Cifuentes 

Logline: Emily embarks on a mission to uncover the dark secrets lurking within Letchworth’s walls and make her escape before becoming another unmarked grave on the Village property.

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Page Count: 10 

Contact: jovanni.cifuentes@purchase.edu

Unhinged Episode 1: Nut in Me

Written by Gabriella Shamah

Logline: Three roommates struggle to navigate their 20s full of hard drugs, anxiety, and falling back into bad habits. Things take a turn in their friendship when Marissa sleeps with her embarrassing ex-boyfriend with a nut allergy who Vienna can’t stand, while Jack struggles with veganism.

Genre: Comedy

Page Count: 22

Contact: gabriella.shamah@purchase.edu

Lunar Caravan

Written by:  Gabriella Aloisi

Logline: When long-time forgotten friends score tickets to their favorite band on tour, Riley must overcome her differences with Angela as disaster strikes every step of the way.

Genre: Drama/Adventure

Page Count: 10

Contact: gabriella.aloisi@yahoo.com

Written by: Esther Heller

Logline: Newly single mother, Shana Lieberman, struggles to keep her family together as they deal with relationship issues, work, and the expectations set for them. 

Television Pilot

Genre: Dramady

Pages: 10

Contact: Estifheller@gmail.com

Written by: Carmine Acierno

Logline: Drunk William confesses to his local bartender his plan to drink himself to death. Bartender Ronald intends to intervene until he sees a unique opportunity. 

Short Screenplay

Genre: Dark comedy

Sample Pages: 10

Contact: carmine.acierno@purchase.edu

Written by: Sophia Dimopoulos

 Logline: A woman in her young twenties is working a closing shift in the small gas station in the middle of nowhere when a young boy shows up alone.” 

Genre: Rescue Drama

Page Count: 13

Contact: sophia.dimopoulos@purchase.edu

Written by: Michael Terranova

Logline: A professional juggler, struggling to keep afloat, begins to experience uncontrollable hand shakes that challenge his ability to perform. 

Short Screenplay

Page Count: 30

Contact: mterranova158@gmail.com

Written by: Emmett Engarde

Logline: For two years, a gang of four wacky high schoolers have been involved in hijinks, solving local mysteries with the help of their pet cat. But when they find out that their previously closed cases have been adapted into a Saturday morning cartoon show, they embark on a mission to solve their latest mystery - Who sold them out? 

Genre: Mystery/Comedy/Coming of Age

Contact: emmettengarde@gmail.com

Written by: Jaime Lazaar

Logline: Miguel Garcia is no stranger to tragedy. For 10 years, funerals were a yearly occurrence for the Garcia family, this sorrowful pattern only coming to an end with the deaths of Miguel’s parents. Nine years later, Miguel, along with his teenage sister Marisol and his aunt Maya, are the only Garcias left. It had seemed that the Garcias had finally put their tragic past behind them. And Miguel had hoped to keep it that way. But when a curious Marisol decides to unearth the Garcia family’s history of devastating losses, Miguel is forced to confront his unresolved grief, or risk destroying his relationship with his sister. 

Genre: Drama

Total Pages: 54 pages

Contact: jaimelazaar4@gmail.com 

Written: Spencer Scalamoni

Logline: A college senior with no prospect post-graduation seeks solace in a mysterious filmmaker who promises to change her life. 

Genre: Comedy Thriller

Sample Pages: 10 

Written by Maxime Birebent

Logline: Terry gets revenge on his highschool bully and current business partner, Patrick, but goes too far and attempts to ruin his life. 

Short Screenplay

Genre: Dramedy

Pages: 15

Contact: Maxime.Birebent@purchase.edu

Written by: Owen Kerner

Logline: In this short film, a homeless drug addict hits rock bottom and encounters a mysterious figure from his past. Is this the end of the road, or could it be a new beginning? 

Short Screenplay

Genre: Supernatural Drama

Pages: 15

Contact: owenkerner@gmail.com

Written by: Alexander George

 Logline: A man whose relationship holds him together discovers his wife has been cheating on him and sets out to kill the man she’s having an affair with. After meeting this man and learning about him, he struggles to follow through with this goal. 

Short Screenplay

Genre: Maturation

Page Count: 12

Contact: alexander.george@purchase.edu